Binh Duong is an attractive destination for enterprises in the field of hi-tech technology. The record shows that the number of projects and scale of hi-tech industrial projects in the province have increased gradually over time.
Various enterprises invest into high-tech
Over 34,000 enterprises are operating in the province, including many hi-tech enterprises. Fujikura Fiberoptics Vietnam Co., Ltd. (FOV) - a subsidiary of Fujikura Corporation (Japan) is a typical one. With a high-tech factory operating in Thuan An Town, FOV specializes in manufacturing electronic components and telecommunication systems. Due to the application of information technology, Fujikura's products are constantly upgraded, high standards. FOV has achieved ISO 9001: 2000, ISO 14001: 2000.
Mapletree Hi-tech Industrial Park in Binh Duong New City. Photo: Q. Chien
In addition, Foster Electronics (Vietnam), a subsidiary of Foster Electronics Corporation (Japan), has over 60 years of experience in manufacturing electronics, car speakers, etc. that the company has applied. Modern technology to produce high quality headphones for mobile phones. The company has 4 factories in the city of Thu Dau Mot, Ben Cat town and elsewhere are equipped with strict environmental management system, the most modern production line in the world today.
Above are two of many enterprises investing in the high technology industry in the province. There are many large enterprises and corporations in the world investing in Binh Duong. The orientation of attracting foreign investment of the province is on the right track.
In 2015, MapleTree of Singapore has developed a high-tech park with an area of 75 hectares with an investment capital of US$ 400 million. The purpose of this high-tech park is to transfer science-technology and modern business processes to Vietnamese enterprises, serving businesses engaged in hi-tech development, trial production and product development. New products, production of goods with added value ... According to Mapletree Group leader, Mapletree High Tech Industrial Zone in Binh Duong is a unique and harmonious high-tech park project in general. This will be a strategic location, there are office buildings for rent along with other support services.
Chai Cheng Huan, Deputy Director of Mapletree Industrial Park, said that the industrial park is considered as a test site for creating new products such as wood, ceramics, construction materials and pharmaceuticals. In addition, the industrial park is also a provider of breakthrough solutions in terms of technology, new materials in industrial production ... Mapletree is bringing the ambition to attract human resources of the experts and engineers having professional expertise in the industry from advanced countries and leading experts in Vietnam to work locally.
Industrial development elevated
According to experts, the process of industrial production of Binh Duong in the past time still has the appearance of "factory outsourcing", not fully exploited value added products. The development of hi-tech industry is a turning point to bring Binh Duong industry to a new level. At present, in the province, the number of hi-tech industrial parks is being developed by the province as well as enterprises. It can be referred to as An Tay Industrial - Service Complex Complex with an area of 1,350 hectares. This project is aimed at providing infrastructure for the clean technology industry such as food and beverage, energy, electronics, healthcare and pharmaceuticals. The company is based in Singapore and a company in Binh Duong. Accordingly, the 500-hectare (AP) Singapore-based AP Singapore Tech Park will be developed in three phases, to be completed in three years.
According to the plan of development of industrial zones in Binh Duong province to 2020, Lai Hung industrial zone (Bau Bang) has an area of 600 hectares, to attract science and technology enterprises to invest. This will create a separate industrial zone for enterprises in the areas of high intelligence and value added, promoting research and technology transfer centers, attracting knowledge workers and having workmanship into work.
Leaders of Department of Science and Technology said that the development of high technology in Vietnam is facing difficulties. The first difficulty is that our country's science and technology capacity is generally low and the scale is small; high technology application in the sectors is limited; High-tech industry has not yet developed. In spite of the fact that we have attracted investment from some of the world's leading companies in the field of high technology, the impact on technology transfer is limited. In fact, in the four hi-tech fields, the country only has information-communication technology has a relatively fast industrial development; The remaining three areas are biotechnology, new material technology and automation technology.
Therefore, the opening of more hi-tech industrial parks in the province in accordance with the global trend, especially the industrial revolution 4.0 is strongly changing the approach and development of each industry. local. Binh Duong has relatively complete infrastructure, is an important transportation gateway linking the South and the Central Highlands, and is close to major ports such as Thi Vai (Ba Ria - Vung Tau), Saigon ( Ho Chi Minh City, Tan Son Nhat Airport, Long Thanh Airport (Dong Nai); Binh Duong is located in the southern key economic region, so there are many advantages to developing hi-tech industry. But in order to build and operate a successful hi-tech industrial park, Binh Duong has a lot of work to do, from mechanisms and policies to technology and human resources.
Reported by Xuan Vi – Translated by Vi Bao
